4,765
4.8K
2016
2016
2016
by
Ryan Holtz and MAME Development Team
software
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favorite 3
comment 0
This item is a demonstration of CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)-like effects using options in the MAME emulator (and therefore this Javascript port) to simulate a variety of flaws and characteristics of vintage monitors that arcade games were displayed on when on their original hardware. It is highly suggested you switch to fullscreen mode (available in Firefox and Chrome) to see the subtle effects as clearly as possible. Primarily the work of Ryan Holtz / MooglyGuy of the MAME Development team (using...
Topics: CRT, HLSL
12,252
12K
Oct 1, 2014
10/14
Oct 1, 2014
by
Jason Scott
software
eye 12,252
favorite 5
comment 1
CLICK HERE TO START ARCADEFLOW. ArcadeFlow is an alternate, javascript-driven interface to the virtual machines in the Internet Arcade. Designed for a large screen running in full-screen mode, ArcadeFlow will allow easy selection of machines, as well as a "greatest hits" along the bottom of the screen. It is very intense resource-wise, and makes no attempt to react to changes in screen size. The main engine of ArcadeFlow is ContentFlow by Jackalope.
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Topics: Interface, Arcade, JSMESS, Internet Arcade, Coverflow
755
755
1994
1994
1994
by
Electrocoin
software
eye 755
favorite 1
comment 0
381
381
software
eye 381
favorite 0
comment 0
Tinkle Pit (ティンクルピット) is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1993 only in Japan. In Tinkle Pit, an evil wizard spawns monsters in a tiny village. The nameless protagonist of Tinkle Pit chooses to go on a world-saving quest to defeat the wizard and his minions. He is accompanied by an oversized, anthropomorphic sleigh bell as his weapon. The game's storyline is written in Japanese whilst the game itself employs mostly English text. The game is divided into eight worlds,...
6,507
6.5K
software
eye 6,507
favorite 17
comment 1
Klax (クラックス Kurakkusu) is a 1989 computer puzzle game designed by Dave Akers and Mark Stephen Pierce. The object is to line up colored blocks into rows of similar colors to make them disappear, to which the object of Columns is similar. Atari Games originally released it as a coin-op follow up to Tetris, about which they were tangled in a legal dispute at the time. Akers programmed Klax in just a few weeks using AmigaBASIC, then ported it line-by-line to C. In a 1990 interview, he...
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945
software
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favorite 3
comment 0
Puzznic (パズニック Pazunikku) is a tile-matching puzzle arcade game developed and produced by Taito in 1989 and was ported for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, PC Engine, Sharp X68000, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and ZX Spectrum between 1990 and 1991. Puzznic bears strong graphical and some gameplay similarities to Flipull/Plotting. Many games share the same basic gameplay of Puzznic but have added extra features over the years:- Puzztrix on...
1,252
1.3K
software
eye 1,252
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comment 0
Legend of Hero Tonma (レジェンド・オブ・ヒーロー・トンマ) is a side scrolling platform game released by Irem to arcades in 1989. The player controls a caped hero named Tommy in his quest to rescue a princess. Tommy can cast fireballs (which can be upgraded in power) to dispatch enemies, and jump on their heads to temporarily stun them. The arcade game was later ported to the PC-Engine in 1991 and the home console's overseas equivalent, TurboGrafx-16 in 1993. The latter version...
1,442
1.4K
1989
1989
1989
by
Two-Bit Score
software
eye 1,442
favorite 4
comment 0
From the creator: "I can’t believe I stumbled upon this but did! It was a rom hack of Ms.Pac-Man I did years ago. A long time ago a company called Two Bit Score made a Ms.Pac-Man hack called Heartburn which I thought looked cool but didn’t want to pay for it and I figured making a free version of it out on the internet would be cool. I don’t even remember the tool I used to be honest but I know it’s mine due to the screwed up animation when you move the flame upwards :) Maybe...
6,321
6.3K
software
eye 6,321
favorite 6
comment 0
Tail to Nose: Great Championship, known in Japan as Super Formula: Chijō Saisoku no Battle (スーパーフォーミュラ・地上最速のバトル "Super Formula: The Battle of the Fastest on the Ground"), is a 1989 Formula One-based arcade racing video game developed and published by Video System. Super Formula was one of the earliest arcade games related to Formula 1, in this case the 1988 season. Although being an unlicensed game, the teams, drivers, sponsors and the only four...
566
566
software
eye 566
favorite 1
comment 0
Xonix is a "Tetris"-style game produced by Philko in 1989.
605
605
software
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favorite 6
comment 0
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is an arcade game developed by Atari Games in 1989. The game is based loosely around the campy science fiction B movies of the 1950s. It was ported for most major home computer platforms of the time. According to the introduction, Planet X is a synthetic industrial planetoid whose most notable feature is the research laboratory of the buxom and brainy Dr. Sarah Bellum. Evil aliens called Reptilons invade the planet, capture the good doctor, and force...
21,662
22K
1989
1989
1989
by
Leland Corporation
software
eye 21,662
favorite 24
comment 1
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation. The game was endorsed by professional off road racer Ivan Stewart. Virgin Games produced several home versions in 1990. In 1991, an NES version was later released by Leland's Tradewest subsidiary followed by versions for most major home formats, including NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, Amiga and MS-DOS. In the game, up to three players (four in the NES version through use of either the NES...
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17,602
18K
1989
1989
1989
by
Bally Midway
software
eye 17,602
favorite 10
comment 0
Arch Rivals is a basketball arcade game released by Midway in 1989. Billed by Midway as "A Basket Brawl", the game features two-on-two full court basketball games in which players are encouraged to punch opposing players and steal the ball from them. Arch Rivals allows players to select from a variety of fictional teams (although arcade operators can change the team names to reflect real ones) and players. One playable character, "Tyrone" was also featured in the animated...
1,137
1.1K
software
eye 1,137
favorite 4
comment 1
Valkyrie no Densetsu (ワルキューレの伝説 Warukyūre no Densetsu, lit. "The Legend of Valkyrie") was released by Namco in 1989 in Arcades and in 1990 on the PC Engine only in Japan. It is a sequel to a Japan-only 1986 Nintendo Family Computer game entitled Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu. Player one controls Valkyrie while player two controls Krino Sandra (official Namco Museum romanization; he has also been romanized as Xandra, and was also named Whirlo in the...
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22,357
22K
software
eye 22,357
favorite 46
comment 2
R-Type II (アール・タイプ II Āru Taipu tsu) is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Irem in 1989. It is the second game in the R-Type series. The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced later shooting games with its charge shots, unique weaponry, and grotesque enemies. Hudson Soft ported the later 4 levels of the original R-Type to the PC Engine with the title R-Type II, but the Hudson...
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Topic: Irem
5,334
5.3K
software
eye 5,334
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comment 1
Wheel of Fortune is an adaption of the long-running television gameshow by Gametek, released in 1989.
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Topic: Gametek
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633
software
eye 633
favorite 4
comment 0
Tough Turf (タフターフ) is a 1989 2D beat 'em up arcade game developed by Sunsoft and Sega. It was published by Sega in Japan and in North America by Sunsoft of America. Tough Turf resembles Technos Japan's 1987 beat 'em up arcade hit, Double Dragon. Up to two players control two office workers who appear to be leaving work and decided to proceed through warehouses and urban areas beating up gang members. Tough Turf's control configuration is composed of two attack buttons (punch and...
1,230
1.2K
software
eye 1,230
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comment 0
Cadash (カダッシュ Kadasshu) is a sword and sorcery video game which combines elements of both the role-playing video game genre of games and the platform genre of games. The game was originally an arcade game released by Taito in 1989, later ported to home video game consoles such as the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991, and the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1992. The game setting is a medieval fantasy world similar to that of the high fantasy seen in The Lord of the Rings. The demons and abominations...
560
560
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Flipull/Plotting is a tile-matching puzzle video game published by Taito in 1989. It is called Flipull (フリップル Furippuru) in Japan as well as in versions for the Famicom and Game Boy, and Plotting in versions for the Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, GX4000 and ZX Spectrum. All are based on an arcade game which goes by both names. The game bears strong graphical and some gameplay similarities to Puzznic. The game was ranked the 23rd best game of all time by Amiga Power.
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439
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favorite 3
comment 0
Cameltry (キャメルトライ) is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Taito. The game ran on Taito's F1 system hardware and used the same optical rotary system utilized in Taito's 1986 arcade game Arkanoid. It was later ported in 1992 to the Super NES, and in 1993 to the FM Towns computer. The Super NES release was titled On The Ball in North America and Europe, and was compatible with the Super NES Mouse. The gameplay consists of moving a ball through a labyrinth by rotating the board...
3,626
3.6K
software
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comment 0
Volfied (ヴォルフィード Vorufīdo) is an arcade game designed by Fukio Mitsuji and released by Taito in 1989. It is a successor to Qix, with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than Qix 's abstract geometry style; the player pilots a small spaceship named "Monotros" instead of a simple dot, and the enemies come in the form of various aliens. Taking place in another galaxy, a space pilot is returning to his home world of Volfied, only to...
1,821
1.8K
software
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comment 0
The legendary Fox unit was devastated in a surprise attack by the T-Force. Only two of the six Fox members made it out alive and those two both lost their right eye in the battle. They’re going to get revenge for what happened to their teammates. Their inability to perceive spatial relationships won’t stop them from fighting a war. In remembrance of their teammates they have named their unit Meta Fox. Their survival of the massacre has inexplicably moved their flying abilities beyond normal...
365
365
1989
1989
1989
by
East Technology
software
eye 365
favorite 0
comment 0
Gigandes is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game released by East Technology. Spanning eight stages, the player's ship kept all of its weapon power-ups if they lost a life, but would promptly lose the power-ups and items once they started the next stage. In a future setting, the dimensional, suggestively demonic, creature and title character Gigandes suddenly awakens. Residing deep below the Earth's surface, it calls its own worshippers and space force from other galaxies to the Milky Way...
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8.3K
software
eye 8,257
favorite 25
comment 1
Shadow Dancer (シャドー・ダンサー) is a side-scrolling action game produced by Sega originally released as an arcade game in 1989. It is the second arcade game in the Shinobi series, following the original Shinobi itself. The game was developed on the Sega System 18 motherboard hardware. Home versions were released for the Master System and various home computers. A loose adaptation was also developed for the Mega Drive/Genesis titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi. A terrorist...
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Topic: Sega
1,115
1.1K
software
eye 1,115
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comment 0
Skull & Crossbones is a two-player arcade game developed by Atari Games. The game's player characters are One-Eye (player one) and Red Dog (player two), pirates on a venture to find a wizard who stole their treasure. Skull & Crossbones has seven game levels. In some ports of the game, the first six levels may be played in any sequence: One-Eye's Ship, Spanish Castle, Pirate's Ship #1, Ninja Camp, Pirate's Ship #2, Beach Cave, and Pirate's Ship #3. Once these levels are complete, the...
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1.6K
software
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comment 0
Line of Fire is a shooting video game, played from a first person perspective, and developed by Sega. The cabinet features two positional guns, and a design which allows the player(s) to sit down while playing the game. It was first released in arcades in 1989 before being converted to home computers and published by U.S. Gold in 1990. It was released on the Sega Master System in 1991, however the style of the game was changed to that of an overhead scrolling shooter. It follows a two man...
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872
software
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comment 0
Arbalester is a scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by SETA in 1989, licensed to Taito and Romstar. The player controls a fighter jet and shoots enemies in the air and on the ground, collects power-ups, and defeats bosses to advance levels.
2,597
2.6K
1989
1989
1989
by
Toaplan
software
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comment 0
Hellfire (ヘルファイヤー) is a 1989 scrolling shooter video game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito. The game was initially released in the arcades before it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and the PC Engine CD-ROM², the latter under the name Hellfire S. Hellfire S contained notable differences from the other versions, including a remixed, more orchestral soundtrack, animated cut scenes, and the replacement of the leading male character Lancer with a female character...
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479
software
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comment 0
Master of Weapon is a game released by Taito for arcades and for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It is a basic shoot 'em up game in which the player controls a space ship that has upgradeable weapons. These upgrades are collected by destroying green transport vessels which release the upgrade for the player to pick up. An entire week of nuclear war on Earth destroys its global environment. The survivors of the war gather their strength and resources in an attempt to bring Earth back to the way it...
2,794
2.8K
software
eye 2,794
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Willow is a 1989 arcade game based on the 1988 film of the same name. The evil witch queen Bavmorda is after the holy baby of the lands, Elora Danan, intent on destroying her. A young peaceful wizard called Willow Ufgood was selected to protect Elora. Later on, a brave warrior named Madmartigan joins Willow to fight the enemy rival General Kael. The arcade version of the game belongs to the platform genre. It has six stages, some where Willow plays his part, others where Madmartigan plays his...
1,345
1.3K
1988
1988
1988
by
Alpha Denshi Co.
software
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favorite 5
comment 0
11,773
12K
software
eye 11,773
favorite 20
comment 1
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622
622
1988
1988
1988
by
Home Data
software
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favorite 1
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
707
707
software
eye 707
favorite 2
comment 0
Mirai Ninja (未来忍者 lit. "Future Ninja"), fully named as Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden (未来忍者：慶雲機忍外伝 lit. "Future Ninja: Stealth Joy Cloud Device Side Story"), is a beat 'em up arcade game, released by Namco in 1988 exclusively in Japan. Mirai Ninja was based on the Japanese live-action film of the same name, which was also produced by Namco. The game runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was the first game from the company to be based on a...
424
424
1988
1988
1988
by
Sega / Nasco
software
eye 424
favorite 0
comment 0
12,350
12K
software
eye 12,350
favorite 45
comment 3
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16,284
16K
1988
1988
1988
by
Taito Corporation
software
eye 16,284
favorite 25
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
2,668
2.7K
1988
1988
1988
by
Toaplan / Taito Corporation
software
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favorite 2
comment 0
1,402
1.4K
software
eye 1,402
favorite 4
comment 0
1,277
1.3K
1988
1988
1988
by
Leland Corp.
software
eye 1,277
favorite 0
comment 0
489
489
software
eye 489
favorite 2
comment 1
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989
989
software
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favorite 9
comment 0
3,069
3.1K
software
eye 3,069
favorite 1
comment 1
Pro Tennis: World Court (プロテニスワールドコート Puro Tenisu: Wārudo Kōto) is a tennis sports arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan; it runs upon Namco System 1 hardware, and was inspired by the 1987 Famicom game Family Tennis. In August 1988, the game was ported to the PC Engine console, in which a new tennis-based role-playing quest mode was added, and was later ported to the North American TurboGrafx-16 console by NEC under the title of World Court...
( 1 reviews )
4,062
4.1K
1988
1988
1988
by
Williams
software
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favorite 19
comment 0
Narc is a 1988 arcade game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro. It was one of the first ultra-violent video games and a frequent target of parental criticism of the arcade game industry. The object is to arrest and kill drug offenders, confiscate their money and drugs, and defeat "Mr. Big". It was the first game in the newly restarted Williams Electronics coin-op division, and features their notable use of digitized graphics (later made...
1,869
1.9K
software
eye 1,869
favorite 1
comment 0
248,658
249K
1988
1988
1988
by
Atari Games
software
eye 248,658
favorite 9
comment 1
Toobin' is an Atari Games video game originally released as an arcade game in 1988 and is based on the recreational sport tubing. In the game, you play as the main characters Bif or Jet, guiding them through many winding rivers on an innertube. Gameplay The player competes in a river race against the computer or another player. The player's score increases by swishing the gates, hitting other characters with cans, collecting hidden letters to spell Toobin', and collecting treasures. Players try...
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4,021
4.0K
software
eye 4,021
favorite 9
comment 2
1,412
1.4K
1988
1988
1988
by
Seibu Kaihatsu
software
eye 1,412
favorite 6
comment 0
168
168
1988
1988
1988
by
Du Tech
software
eye 168
favorite 0
comment 0
879
879
1988
1988
1988
by
Leland Corp.
software
eye 879
favorite 0
comment 0
833
833
1988
1988
1988
by
Bally Midway
software
eye 833
favorite 1
comment 0
28,091
28K
1988
1988
1988
by
TAD Corporation (Fabtek license)
software
eye 28,091
favorite 35
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
258
258
1988
1988
1988
by
Unknown
software
eye 258
favorite 0
comment 0
292
292
1988
1988
1988
by
Nihon System (Sega License)
software
eye 292
favorite 0
comment 0
1,193
1.2K
1988
1988
1988
by
Taito America Corporation
software
eye 1,193
favorite 3
comment 0
497
497
software
eye 497
favorite 3
comment 0
3,874
3.9K
1988
1988
1988
by
Taito America Corporation
software
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favorite 6
comment 0
634
634
software
eye 634
favorite 1
comment 0
Ordyne (オーダイン Ōdain) is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game, which was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was ported to the Japanese PC Engine in 1989 and the North American TurboGrafx-16 in 1990. It also features a cameo from Pac-Man, as the "Stock bomber shot" - and the arcade version was also included in Namco Museum Volume 4 for the Sony PlayStation, along with another of the company's Japan-exclusive games, Genpei...
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1.5K
software
eye 1,501
favorite 2
comment 0
Metal Hawk (メタルホーク Metaru Hōku) is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was the third game from the company to allow scores which did not end in "0" (the first two were Hopping Mappy and Bakutotsu Kijūtei, which were released in 1986 and earlier in 1988 respectively). A conversion of the game for the Sega 32X was planned, but later cancelled. The player must take control of a...
1,185
1.2K
1988
1988
1988
by
Kaneko / Taito America Corporation (Romstar license)
software
eye 1,185
favorite 7
comment 0
1,682
1.7K
1988
1988
1988
by
Seta (Taito license)
software
eye 1,682
favorite 1
comment 0
1,023
1.0K
software
eye 1,023
favorite 0
comment 0
3,386
3.4K
1988
1988
1988
by
Sega / Westone
software
eye 3,386
favorite 17
comment 0
"Wonder Boy III Monster Lair" is a side-scrolling action game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment that was originally released for the arcades by Sega in 1988. It is the third game in the Wonder Boy series and the last one released for the arcade. GamePlay The game balances basic concepts found in both platformers and arcade shooters. The player is able to jump and shoot projectiles from a sword. He must ride a flying dragon and confront a large boss throughout the second half of...
802
802
1988
1988
1988
by
Atari Games
software
eye 802
favorite 2
comment 0
The game begins by asking the player(s) to choose a difficulty level, not only making the enemies more difficult and the players weaker, but higher difficulties start the players in a later set of levels (called "galaxies") and with some powerups. The easiest difficulty level starts the player(s) in the first level with no bonuses. The player controls a tank with constantly draining fuel, and must navigate through multiple levels (14 stations in the arcade version) from bottom to top,...
2,410
2.4K
1988
1988
1988
by
Toaplan / Taito Corporation
software
eye 2,410
favorite 5
comment 0
Truxton, released in Japan as Tatsujin (タツジン), is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the player takes control of a small spaceship across several planets. The game is played with an eight-way joystick and two buttons (a shot and a bomb button) through five large levels and their bosses (which then...
20,174
20K
software
eye 20,174
favorite 34
comment 1
Shinobi (Japanese: 忍 -SHINOBI-) is a side-scrolling action game produced by Sega originally released for the arcades in 1987. In Shinobi, the player controls a modern day ninja named Joe Musashi who goes on a mission to rescue his kidnapped students from a group of terrorists. The player controls a ninja named Joe Musashi who has to stop a criminal organization called "Zeed" who are kidnapping the children of his ninja clan. Through five missions (consisting of three stages for the...
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509
509
software
eye 509
favorite 3
comment 0
308
308
software
eye 308
favorite 1
comment 0
1,275
1.3K
1987
1987
1987
by
Seta (Taito license)
software
eye 1,275
favorite 1
comment 0
6,489
6.5K
1987
1987
1987
by
Sega / Westone
software
eye 6,489
favorite 15
comment 0
701
701
1987
1987
1987
by
Sega / Vic Tokai
software
eye 701
favorite 1
comment 0
529
529
1987
1987
1987
by
Alpha Denshi Co.
software
eye 529
favorite 2
comment 0
417
417
1987
1987
1987
by
Bally Midway
software
eye 417
favorite 0
comment 0
2,173
2.2K
1987
1987
1987
by
Leland Corp.
software
eye 2,173
favorite 0
comment 0
1,104
1.1K
1987
1987
1987
by
Cinematronics
software
eye 1,104
favorite 0
comment 0
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